Living Blues #290 (May/June 2024) features 38-year-old Hubby Jenkins on the cover. Jenkins is one of the best of the recent wave of young African American musicians doing a deep dive into pre-war blues, string band, and other roots music, and developing their own sound based on these acoustic styles. An early member of the …
A Literary Mind: Jacob Fennell flourishes as a scholar in earning Southern Studies master’s degree This story is part of the 2024 Journey to Commencement series, which celebrates the pinnacle of the academic year by highlighting University of Mississippi students and their outstanding academic and personal journeys from college student to college graduate. Jacob Fennell …
This year’s Oxford Pride Parade is set for Saturday, May 4 after a week-long celebration. Southern Studies will participate in the parade at 2 p.m. (check out the banner designed by M.F.A student Neen Talbott) followed by Pride on the Plaza in front of the Union from 3 to 5 p.m. with a “pride guide,” …